Optimism Novels & Stories

“No, you’re not. You’re looking at it like it personally ruined your life.” Despite everything, I smiled. “Maybe it did.” She chuckled and set her book aside. “Any luck?” I shook my head. “Nothing.” Her expression softened immediately. “Something will come.” “I feel like you’ve said that every day this week.” “I have.” “And?” “And eventually I’ll be right,” she replied. I laughed despite myself. That was one thing I loved about Maya. The woman could find optimism in almost anything. Meanwhile, I could find disaster in almost anything.

Never Again 🌷 “Promise Yourself To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past

“It is. If you don’t believe in it, if you don’t work for it, then it won’t become reality.” I smiled wistfully, wondering if I’d ever been this optimistic. “Don’t blame this on me being young,” she warned, her eyes flashing with annoyance. “Being positive is not a trait of the young. You are being a grumpy old man by choice.” A laugh burst out of me. Isadora smiled. Then she became unguardedly hopeful. “Jude, I want to be happy. I want us all to be happy.”

As I stretch lazily in bed, savoring the warmth of my blankets for just a moment longer, I can't help but feel a spark of optimism igniting within me. For the first time in days, ever since the last time we had diner with him…, I find myself looking forward to the day ahead. There's an inexplicable sense that something good is going to happen today. I don’t know why, but I can just feel it; it's an anticipation that thrums through my veins, making me feel vibrantly alive.

I had never been more scared of losing a person than I was right now, he was all I had now. “I don’t know”. He replied. He guided me gently so I was facing him. “I don’t know, but I’d like to believe that we have long enough live, to be happy”. He said to me. “I’d like to think we have a lot of time to make things better”. I nodded. His optimism was contagious, or it was so because I desperately needed to hear something positive. “You will be alright, Alexa, we will be”. And I nodded once more. “Let’s go home, it’s rather cold now”. I couldn’t agree more.

Relief. Pure relief. The doctor continued. "In fact, your numbers are stronger than we expected." God. I closed my eyes briefly. Thank you. Just— Thank you. "We'd still like to monitor things closely." Of course. That made sense. "But right now?" A pause. "There's every reason to be optimistic." Optimistic. The word settled over the room gently. Like sunlight after rain. Not certainty. Not guarantees. Just possibility. And after everything we'd endured— Possibility felt miraculous.

I asked. “Being pessimistic is entirely different from accepting reality, Mia. Pessimistic people, like you, focus entirely on the negative no matter how beautiful life is. On the other hand, accepting reality, like me, means acknowledging that no matter how good or happy life gets, everything has a strict expiration date. So, until that limit is reached, you choose to be happy. You learn to appreciate what you have. You love what is in front of you because you never truly know when it will be your last moment together. It could be tomorrow, it could be later tonight, or it could be right now.”

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But there was a lingering fear, a flicker of uncertainty that tempered my optimism. I resolved to give him the benefit of the doubt, to embrace the possibility of a love that could transform both of our lives. Perhaps this was our chance for redemption, an opportunity to rebuild what had been broken. With cautious optimism, I clung to the hope that his words were genuine, that they held the promise of a brighter future for us both.

Optimism is the belief that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence, maybe without you, new strength and new thoughts emerge… 'Not when you're acting like that, trying to rob my show or whatever it is you're doing right now.' '—Is that all part of the game?' Gary gripped the steering wheel tightly. 'All the flirting and kissing? Just a little extra humiliation?' her bitter voice echoed in Gary's ears